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FIDE has announced that GM Sebastien Feller, who was banned from chess for three years after a cheating scandal, can participate in FIDE rated events again.
Photo Wikipedia.
On Wednesday a short statement was published on the FIDE websit... | Leggi tutto

With GM Vladimir Kramnik and GM Levon Aronian on top boards, Siberia of Novosibirsk won the Russian Team Championship on Thursday.
All photos Vladimir Barsky courtesy of the Russian Chess Federation.
After the second Anand-Carlsen ma... | Leggi tutto

To share something with only six people in the world is quite special. IM Yochanan Afek can say so: he has earned the grandmaster title for endgame composition.
IM Yochanan Afek is a well-known player, trainer, endgame study composer and wr... | Leggi tutto

GM Hikaru Nakamura and the "other" Kacparov, IM Kacper Drozdowski, tied for first with 7.5/9 in Titled Tuesday 9 today. Without a bit of fortune, or in Nakamura's case, misfortune, Nakamura would have been clear of everyone.
The field today incl... | Leggi tutto

More than 7,000 people lost their lives in the devastating earthquake in Nepal.
You can help the recovery effort, and play chess at the same time: On May 10, Chess.com will host an online fundraiser simul by top GM Anish Giri. One hun... | Leggi tutto

Obiettivo Risarcimento won the Italian Team Championship on Sunday, but less convincingly than expected. A last-minute substitute worked out well: GM Hikaru Nakamura won an important game as Black in a King's Indian.
A number of top GMs are... | Leggi tutto

The two strong tournaments in Biel and Dortmund, both traditionally held in July, have announced their field of participants well in advance.
The Sparkassen Chess Meeting will take place 27 June - 5 July (so a bit earlier than normal) in Do... | Leggi tutto

“People are too inconsistent, but I don’t understand why,” said GM Magnus Carlsen yesterday in an interview with NRK. He still did not want to reveal his new second — a 2700 player who...plays decent basketball.
A p... | Leggi tutto

GM Viswanathan Anand climbed to second place in the May 1 FIDE rating list. GM Magnus Carlsen is getting close to his all-time best rating.
Now that a super tournament is just behind us, it's interesting to look at the new FIDE rating ... | Leggi tutto

A chess player was caught cheating at the Dr. Hedgewar Open in New Delhi. The 1500-player, who beat several much stronger opponents, was caught after round five carrying two mobile phones strapped to his legs.
Photos by... | Leggi tutto

With 17 match points out of nine games Georgia was the glorious winner at the 2015 Women's World Team Championship in Chengdu, China. Russia won the silver medals; China took bronze.
Photos Liu Yungpeng courtesy of FIDE.
The Georgia... | Leggi tutto

On Tuesday China won the World Team Championship in Tsaghkadzor, Armenia. The Olympic champions finished three match points ahead of Ukraine; Armenia came third.
From our report after the fifth round we know that Russia had a horrible start in&n... | Leggi tutto

With a 5-0 sweep on Sunday, GM Garry Kasparov crushed GM Nigel Short in the Battle of the Legends match in St. Louis. The final score was 8.5-1.5 for the 13th world champion, who said that he “enjoyed it immense... | Leggi tutto

He won last year and today GM Magnus Carlsen also won the second edition of the Shamkir Chess tournament. He finished undefeated, winning his final round game after a blunder by GM Rauf Mamedov.
GM Viswanathan Anand drew his black... | Leggi tutto

GM Viswanathan Anand won again in round eight of the Shamkir Chess tournament: he beat GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. The Indian grandmaster is now half a point behind GM Magnus Carlsen, who drew with GM Wesley So.
GM Vladimir Kramnik recov... | Leggi tutto

Self-billed as “the biggest announcement in professional international chess since 1988,” on Friday the Grand Chess Tour was launched — a cooperation between Norway Chess, the Sinquefield Cup and the London Chess Classic.
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In round seven of the Shamkir Chess tournament GM Magnus Carlsen beat GM Vladimir Kramnik and extended his lead to a full point.
GM Viswanathan Anand defeated GM Michael Adams and is now in second place as GM Wesley So lost to GM... | Leggi tutto

Ukraine and China are tied for first place at the World Team Championship in Tsaghkadzor, Armenia. With four rounds to go both teams have eight match points, with Ukraine sitting on an extra half-board-point. Russia only manage... | Leggi tutto

GM Fabiano Caruana was worse out of the opening but eventually beat GM Vladimir Kramnik in round six of the Shamkir Chess tournament. All other games ended in draws; Giri-Carlsen in just over an hour.
This report on the sixth round can... | Leggi tutto

Fans of blitz chess know the name well. Soon, Chess.com fans everywhere will too. You may even get to play him.
GM Max Dlugy, a past world junior champion and former top-ranked player of the defunct World Blitz Chess Association, will ... | Leggi tutto

After two rounds in the 2015 Women's World Team Championship in Chengdu, China, already none of the 10 teams has a perfect score. That was in large part because two of the top seeds, Georgia and Russia, played to an opening-round 2-2 tie.
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In an exciting fifth round of the Shamkir Chess tournament GM Magnus Carlsen took over the lead from GM Wesley So. Carlsen won against GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave shortly after GM Viswanathan Anand beat So just as ... | Leggi tutto

A month after publication, a column by GM Nigel Short on gender differences has suddenly caused a heated debate in English media. Short's remark that “men and women's brains are hard-wired very differently” is in the center of the argu... | Leggi tutto

Top favorite Russia had a bad start at the World Team Championship in Tsaghkadzor with a first-round loss to Ukraine. Armenia also went down, against Israel.
The pairings of the World Team Championship resulted in a match bet... | Leggi tutto

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